God is described as both (a) loving & (b) vengeful (to the point of eternally torturing his creatures in hell);
As both (a) responsible for evil (like hardening Pharoah's heart) & (b) not responsible for suffering & evil (free will);
As both (a) healing diseases & (b) allowing people to perish;
As both (a) promoting justice & (b) promoting forgiveness;
As both (a) promoting peace & (b) promoting warfare;
As (a) revealed in the Old Testament, (b) revealed in the New Testament, (c) revealed in the Quran, (d) revealed in the teachings of Baha'u'lah, (e) revealed in the teachings of Krishna, (f) revealed in the teachings of the Buddha, (g) revealed in the teachings of Wicca (h) revealed in the teachings of native American shamans, (i) etc.
These represent an enormous number of often mutually exclusive characteristics! The images seem to serve the person/culture more than offer something universal.
If we cannot agree on God's description, why would we assume ANY described God exists?
2006-10-16
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